Cubs, an all encompassing trip

Arizona Fall League Starts Tonight!

I wrote up a piece about the AFL earlier, you can read it here, but it’s finally ready to start tonight! I’m excited because we get to see some guys that we haven’t seen in a while, okay, only a month or so. But, these players made this season so fun, here is a snippet from my last post about who will be participating for the Cubs.

I think I’m most excited to see Baez and Szczur, for obvious reasons. Baez is on the cusp of greatness it seems and Szczur is looking to prove himself, again. Sure Szczur was bumped to Tennessee this year, but his season left something lacking, and if he can have a solid AFL performance that could help his chances to stay with the organization. If not, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him packaged in a deal somewhere in the offseason for pitching, that might happen regardless. Baez on the other hand was the star of the MWL for the Peoria Chiefs, his numbers were eye popping. Because of that he was promoted to Daytona and struggled, of course it’s hard to get into a groove when you play once a week because of rain. Towards the end of the season Baez started to round into form, it will be fun to see how he stacks up in the AFL which is full of high level talent. We will recap every game as we can actually get box scores for them, so I’m pretty excited about that, going through minor league withdrawals already, yes, I have a problem.

First pitch is 7:35 PM CST tonight, as the Mesa Solar Sox take on the Salt River Rafters. If I get a lineup ahead of time I will let you know if any Cubs are starting.

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